THE MISSING GIRL, 6min., India, Experimental
Directed by Nilip Deb
Heartbreaking love story of two unborn kids and their sentimental journey in a surrealistic world. The boy wants to build a home with the girl, but the girl vanishes without any trace. Years pass, the boy becomes a man, yet keeps ...

BHEIN PATATA, 5min., India, Animation
Directed by Tanvi Prabhakar
Putli Kewalramani is making her granddaughter’s favourite dish. However, she starts getting flashbacks from her time in Nawabshah, Sindh, during the partition of 1947.

In 1994, Munirka, New Delhi. Putli Kewalramani is cheerily pre...

TALIBAN, 3min., India, Animation
Directed by Allabhya Ghosh
A film about the situation in Islamic Afghanistan. Women have no rights, children have no rights, men have no rights; Human rights are being violated.

Q&A with filmmaker Stephanie Williams at the FEMALE Filmmakers Festival in July 2024 at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

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MY ROCKSTAR, 13m...

Q&A from the July 2024 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

THE PAGETURNER, 10min., Ireland
Directed by Siubhan Ni Ghriofa
A page turner for some of the worlds leading classical soloists Tom has a secret that may end his beloved career.

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Q&A from the August 2024 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

TOLLERMANIA, 27min,. Canada
Directed by Karen Lang
In this film, Ukrainian-Canadian ceramic artist, Natalia Laluq, interprets the life and work of Canadian world champion figure skater and artist, Tol...

A saturation diver discovers an old sea chest at the bottom of the underwater oil rig in the southern Caribbean Sea and carries the chest away with her. To her surprise, the chest brings unforeseeable trouble for her manager on the ship.

Director Biography - Ivy Luxen
As a recent BFA graduate fr...

The Connecting Betrayal

by Vivianne Rosenberg

Feature Film

A suspenseful drama and a psychological thriller.

The Protagonist Valerie Coburn, a recent widow who is going through midlife crisis began a toxic relationship with younger man on social media. They met and became lovers, but what V...

IDENTITY, 9min., Peru
Diercted by Bruno Mauricio Montenegro
Mariano, a trans man from Arequipa, Peru, visits his grandparents in the traditional village of Chivay, where he will face the conflict between his gender identity and his cultural heritage from the ancient Cabanas and Collaguas.

I'M SO SORRY BABY, 22min., USA
Directed by Friday Anderson, Kylee C. Roberts
Mars, a black and trans person, experiments with their nonbinary identity within a monogamous, "straight", relationship. In the devastation of heartbreak, they see themself in the mirror for the first time.

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LOTTERY TICKET, 12min., USA
Directed by Kenzie Woodrow
Two high-school friends play the lottery in hopes of winning big.

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WHAT WILL THEY SAY?, 13min., UK
Directed by Sunalika Jain
When Anaisha’s mother turns up unexpectedly at her girlfriend’s house, will Anaisha have the courage to own her truth?

BARK!, 21min., Iceland
Directed by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Riviere
After receiving a hateful snapchat message from other teenagers, the trans girl Blaer needs to face her bullies in school and learn to recognize and live with the fear behind violence. She seeks solace in her diverse group of friends,...

THERE ARE THINGS TO DO, 18min., USA
Directed by Mike Syers
Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist a...

THE QUEEN WANTS REVENGE, 14min., USA
Directed by Tyler Soares
Hellvania, a young drag queen, finds herself battered, bruised, and angry after a beating from her abusive ex-boyfriend. She seeks solace from her drag mother, Russia. The leader of the legendary House of Blades. But Hellvania gets mor...

STAUNCH MODERATES EXPERIENCE, 39min., USA
Directed by Gregory T Simmons
Welcome to the Staunch Moderates Experience, a story which takes us through the history & achievements of the Staunch Moderates movement through music. This film presents a unique experience with it's multi-genre compilation ...

HOTPANTS, 15min., Sweden
Directed by Vera Berggren Wiklund
A story about finding your way back to volleyball where the dress code in the sport and self-hatred of the body stands in between. The film is Vera's process (the director) of re-approaching the sport after a break caused by hotpants and ...

WASTED, 55min., Singapore
Directed by Jessica Cheam, Fraser Morton
Wasted prompts us to re-examine who we are and our values — to re-think our relationship with the world around us. We cannot continue to extract and exploit our ecosystems at unprecedented rates, and continue down the path of wast...

We're Still Breathing, Amhara Genocide in Ethiopia is a short documentary about the systemic silent genocide of the Amhara people in Ethiopia.

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FEMININE SINGULAR, 72min., Argentina
Directed by Dorian Shine
An evocative cinematic and performance art voyage through the lives of 30 extraordinary Argentinian women between 4 years old and more! Within each woman's story, a treasure of resilience and strength appears through their unique persp...

THE EXAMINED LIFE, 14min., USA
Directed by KA Chinery
What is this journey we call life? And what is its purpose? Is there a goal or a destination? Throughout this profound journey, we experience so much joy and so much suffering. But what we must know is that the triumphs and struggles that we e...

THE SECRET OF PREHISTORIC MOTHERS, 53min,. Germany
Directed by Anja Krug-Metzinger
What was motherhood like in prehistoric times? Most recent archaeological findings prove that the cooperative support of mothers within a community became a successful reproductive strategy.

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THE RAZOR'S EDGE, 67min., Greece
Directed by Christos N Karakasis,
The first Greek documentary about the art of Kung Fu by the Director and Producer Christos N. Karakasis with the central figure being the teacher Sifu Kyriakos Eleftheriou.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32143636
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HOME, 16min., USA
Directed by Al Chang
Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.

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